“This is crazy. Just because you and Dad and Bart went downhill doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen to me. Does it?” – Lisa Simpson “Sure. But it doesn’t mean you can’t live a long and pointless life.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
Month: August 2011
“The Springfield Files” Spews Truth
“Wait a minute, Scully, what’s the point of this test?” – Fox Mulder “No point. I just thought he could stand to lose a little weight.” – Dana Scully “His jiggling is almost hypnotic.” – Fox Mulder “Yes. It’s like a lava lamp.” – Dana Scully There’s an interesting flow to this commentary. There’s a hefty enough catch of guest stars and X-Files stuff that they start out talking about what sparked the idea and how things finally got going. Then, about halfway, they’ve filled in most of the details there and start paying closer attention to what’s on the…
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“You know, you do have options. For example, there are behavior modifying drugs. How wedded are you to the Bart you know?” – Chief Wiggum “Not very.” – Homer Simpson
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“Just try to sleep while the other children are learning.” – Ms. Hoover “Oh boy, sleep! That’s where I’m a Viking!” – Ralph Wiggum
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Steve Hopson. “. . . and that’s why today bananas are called ‘yellow fatty beans’. Questions?” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
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“Make yourselves at home.” – C.M. Burns “Hear that, Dad? You can lie around in your underwear and scratch yourself.” – Bart Simpson
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“I’m sure we can think of something together, come on!” – Lisa Simpson “Not now, I’m too drunk.” – Stacy Lavelle “No you’re not . . . uh, I’ll come back tomorrow.” – Lisa Simpson
Reading Digest: Speaking in (Internet) Tongues Edition
“Dad, Todd’s speaking in tongues!” – Rod Flanders “Chabogobolithplaschlablitha.” – Todd Flanders “I wish he were, Rod, I pray for the day. But I’m afraid he’s just delirious from fever.” – Ned Flanders One of the fun things about the clattering clank of cogs that is the internet is when you come across something which can’t quite be classified. There are a couple of things this week that, while Simpsons related, are just too random and/or weird to make sense, at least to me. In addition to that we’ve got Kanye West versus Season 5, “Dumpster pools”, some fan art,…
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“This is my fault. I tried to teach Bart about town pride, but the power of my words filled him with a sort of madness.” – Marge Simpson “Now Marge, you can’t blame all of Bart’s problems on your one little speech. If anything turned him bad it’s that time you let him wear a bathing suit instead of underwear. And let’s not forget your little speech.” – Homer Simpson
Queer Simpsons
– By Lenny Burnham I’m guessing everyone reading this knows the main thesis of Dead Homer Society: The Simpsons was a smart satire with developed, interesting characters. Zombie Simpsons is a stupid mess with only a shallow resemblance to The Simpsons. But, while the extreme decrease in quality in the double-digit seasons is a bummer for any Simpsons fan, it creates a particular problem for queer Simpsons fans—half of the show is great in quality but has fairly little in the way of representation, half has lots of gay characters and storylines but doesn’t have the same quality. It’s hard…
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“Grampa, could you do something?” – Marge Simpson “I can dress myself.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
Crazy Noises: Simpsons Bible Stories
“So, what’s next for the Israelites, land of milk and honey?” – Exodus Milhouse “Well, actually it looks like we’re in for forty years of wandering the desert.” – Exodus Lisa “Forty years? But after that, it’s clear sailing for the Jews, right?” – Exodus Milhouse For the third summer in a row, we at the Dead Homer Society are looking to satisfy your off-season longing for substandard commentary on substandard Simpsons. This summer we’ll be looking at Season 10. Why Season 10? Because we’ve already done Seasons 8 and 9 and we can’t put it off any longer. Prior…
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“It’s the four elephants of the apocalypse!” – Ned Flanders “That’s horsemen, Ned.” – Maude Flanders “Well, getting closer.” – Ned Flanders
Crazy Noises: Maximum Homerdrive
For the third summer in a row, we at the Dead Homer Society are looking to satisfy your off-season longing for substandard commentary on substandard Simpsons. This summer we’ll be looking at Season 10. Why Season 10? Because we’ve already done Seasons 8 and 9 and we can’t put it off any longer. Prior to Season 10, we watched as the show started falling over, this is when it fell over. And while the dust wouldn’t settle completely for another season or so, there is no bigger gap in quality than the one between Season 9 and Season 10. Since…
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“You’re Darryl Strawberry.” – Homer Simpson “Yes.” – Darryl Strawberry “You play right field.” – Homer Simpson “Yes.” – Darryl Strawberry “I play right field too.” – Homer Simpson “So?” – Darryl Strawberry “Well, are you better than me?” – Homer Simpson “Well, I never met you, but . . . yes.” – Darryl Strawberry
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“Say, let’s take a relaxed attitude toward work and watch the baseball match. The Ny Mets are my favorite squadron.” – Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
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“Donuts? I told you, I don’t like ethnic food!” – C.M. Burns
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“It’s Homer!” – Marge Bouvier “I don’t know what you see in that ugly meatball.” – Patty Bouvier “Uh-huh, if you like being pawed by something fat and lazy, we could get a cat.” – Selma Bouvier “It would leave less hair on the couch.” – Jacqueline Bouvier
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“Order now, and you’ll also get Sun & Run, the suntan lotion that’s also a laxative.” – Dr. Nick Riviera
Reading Digest: Getting Off the Planet of the Apes Edition
“I love you, Dr. Zaius!” – Troy McClure Today, Hollywood’s second attempt to reboot a 1960s sci-fi franchise that (except for the first one) wasn’t that good in the first place opens in theaters nationwide. This has prompted everyone and their mother to mention and post links to Troy McClure and “Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!”. I’ve winnowed it down to just a couple of links below, including two different bootleg videos of the multi-million dollar musical in question. I hope they invited Jeff Goldblum to the premier. On top of that, we’ve got…